- to commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life for; (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to
- virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work)
- relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection
- Leningrad, former name (1923–1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡[Sheng4 bi3 de2 bao3]
- city hall; city government
- to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove
- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- weak point; failing
- to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
- (literary) to covet; to cast greedy eyes on
- enchanting; alluring (of a girl)
- beautiful
- lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
- nick; jag; gap; shortfall
- to fill up; to stuff; to fill in a blank space
- explosive; blasting agent; dynamite
- to pass through
- elevator; escalator; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
- classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
- to be a good fit; to be identical with; to adjust oneself to; to fit in
- to stop at this point; to end here; to call it a day
- to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
- dotted line; dashed line; (math.) imaginary line
- (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show; expression; manifestation
- to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- 张 Zhāng: 张 Zhang1: surname Zhang张 zhāng: 张 zhang1: to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek
- 下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: to boil noodles
- cave; hole
- the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell
- to bet; to gamble
- to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into
- to pull out; to pull a lever
- electric switch; circuit breaker
- electrical machinery
- (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital); (of river boats) to travel downstream; to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels; (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
- steel cable; wire cable; steel hawser
- friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict; also written 磨擦
- axis of rotation
- to have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold